Paul de Man

"The Resistance to Theory" is an essay by Paul de Man, a renowned literary critic and theorist belonging to the Yale School of Deconstruction, which appeared in Yale French Studies 63 and was widely anthologized. The essay later became part of the book by the same name. The essay remains a key statement in …

In occupied Belgium during World War II, Paul de Man (1919-1983) wrote music, lecture, and exhibition reviews, a regular book column, interviews, and articles on cultural politics for the Brussels daily newspaper Le Soir. From December 1940 until he resigned in November 1942, de Man contributed almost 200 articles to …